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INDEX 
Tillandsia usneoides L. ; -mus- 
tard, Brassica; -oil, Celastrus ; 
-snake-root, Cimicifuga ; -spleen- 
wort, Asplenium ; -thorn, 
Primus ; -wattle, Acacia ; - wood, 
Acacia , Dalbergia 
Bladder -campion, Silent; -fern, 
Cy stop ter is ; -nut, Staphylea 
pinnata L. ; -seed, Physosper- 
mum; -senna, Colutea ; -wort, 
Utricularia 
Blaeberry, Vaccinium 
Blastema, the axis of an embryo 
Blastochore (Cl.), a plant dis- 
tributed by offshoots 
Blazing star, Liatris squarrosa 
Willd. 
Bleeding heart, Dicentra ; (W. I.) 
Colocasia antiquorum Schott. 
Blimting, Averrhoa 
Blinding tree (Ceyl.), Excoecaria 
Agallocha L. 
Blinks, Montia 
Blood-flower (W. I.), Asclepias 
curassavica L. ; -root, Sanguin- 
aria; -wood, Eucalyptus, (W. 
I.) Laplacea 
Blue- bell, Campanula, Scilla ; 
-berry (Am.), Vaccinium spp. ; 
-bottle, Centaurea; -flag (Am.), 
Iris; -grass (Am.), Poa pratensis 
L. ; -gum, Eucalyptus; -lettuce 
(Am.), Mulgedium ; -tangle 
(Am.), Gaylussacia f rondos a 
Torr. et Gray; -weed (Am.), 
Echium 
Bluet, Vaccinium pennsylvanicum 
Lam. 
Blunt, with rounded end 
Bo, Ficus 
Bog-asphodel, Narthecium ; -bean, 
Menyanthes; -garden, 8, 6; 
-myrtle, Myrica ; -rush (Am.), 
Juncus 
Bois fidele, Citharexylum; -im- 
mortelle, Erythrina umbrosa 
Ii. B. K. 
Boiss., Boissier 
Boldo, Peumus 
Bole, straight main trunk 
Boil, a capsule (esp. cotton) 
Bombay aloe, Agave; -hemp, 
Crotalaria, Agave 
Bombycinus (Lat.), silky 
Bonace (W. I.), Daphnopsis 
Bonavist(W. I.), Dolichos LablabB. 
Boneset (Am.), Eupatorium 
Borage, Bor ago 
Boragoid, Boraginaceae 
Boreal regions, 193 
Borecole, Brassica 
Borneo camphor, Dryobalanops ; 
-rubber, Willughbeia 
Boss, a protuberance 
Bostryx, 64 (fig.), 65 
Botanic gardens, uses, 6; mu- 
seums, 8 
Botany, economic, 197, 1 ; fossil, 
120; systematic, 2, 1 15; tropical, 
3 
Botryose, racemose 
Bottle-brush, Callistemon ; -cod- 
root (W. I.), Capparis; -gourd, 
Lagenaria; -grass (Am.), Se- 
taria viridis Beauv. 
Bourgeon, to bud or sprout 
Bowstring hemp, Sansevieria 
Bow-wood, Maclura 
Bow r er, F. O., 30, 68, Filicineae 
Box, Buxus, (Austr.) Eucalyptus; 
Maracaibo or West Indian-, 
Tabebuia pentaphylla Hems.; 
-wood (W. I.), Vitex umbrosa 
Sw. 
P. Br., Patrick Browne 
R. Br., Robert Brown 
Brachialis (Lat.), a cubit long 
Brachiate, with spreading branches 
Brachy- (Gr. pref.), short 
Bracken, Pteris 
Bract, 62, 83, 89; as wing, no; 
in fruit, 107 
Bracteate, bearing bracts 
Bracteole, bractlet, 62, 83 
Brake, Pteris ; curled rock-, 
Cryptogram me 
Bramble, Rubus 
Branching, 41, 42, 62, 70, 153; 
(carpels), 70, 82; (stamens), 70, 
86 
Branda (W. I. ), Chione glabraB)Q, 
Brandy-bottle, Nuphar 
